I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes.
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I talk to student-athletes. I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes. You need to get an education, keep your hands clean and try to represent the university.
When you look at athletes, they have fundamentals.
When I talk to youngsters today, especially those involved in athletics, I tell them to get their education first.
But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.
Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
I have great admiration for athletes. They are just like actors in a lot of ways. They have tremendous pressures and conflicts. They have to compete, and they can't stay home just because they have a head cold.
A lot of athletes use sports psychologists.
Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience.
Amazingly, I think that a lot of times athletes are - are kind of in a position where other think they shouldn't weigh in on certain social topics.
They see themselves as athletes and only athletes.